Soar in chicken prices increases demand for game meat

Wali Kikili Friday, 30 September 2022 07:54 AM

Elephamts and Leopards from the wild poaching in human habitats which once belonged to them and now Humans from a supposedly civilized territory poaching from the wild.......all for Survival. prioritise agro based food eco system. eg use the Civil defense force and now idle backhoes etc from the construction industry and almost overnight cultivate the much needed raw material for chicken feed Maize aka bada iringu. 2 months time crop will be coming. seed won't be that costly in dollars rest is local labour. what's needed is a hands on visionary living in the present. RW is fixing the next 25 years. Another good Minister for food security should fix the next 2.5months.

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Gum Kikili Friday, 30 September 2022 07:59 AM

with the help of NGOs give a chicken pen feeders that can accommodate 10 hens and give 6 day old chick'svitamins to villagers who has a plot of land. Educate them of locally available dahaiya rice husks green leaf that can be fed to the chick's. ask them to nurture them get eggs and grow the business. divert samurdhi funds to help these self help villagers.

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Sudu Kikili Friday, 30 September 2022 08:09 AM

If the Govt can think small at grassroots level with small cottage industries to manufacture food just enough for the village type of concepts. something close to the age old barter system we as a nation will 1. improve our SME sector. 2. reduce food scarcity. 3. become self sufficient. 4. develop entrepreneurship. eg tea smallholders as opposed to big estates. chicken big names Bairaha chitombu maxis etc as opposed to small chicken farmers. then the food waste at home green leaf from the garden will go into poultry farmi g at a micro scale for village consumption. large commercial livestock companies to focus on export markets maldives Seychelles Madagascar etc and urban supply.

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Terrence Friday, 30 September 2022 09:15 AM

With the inflated prices of chicken the authorities should be on alert to ensure that dogs/cats meat are not sold in the market to unsuspecting customers

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Mahesh Friday, 30 September 2022 09:39 AM

lol. One of the useless departments. These guys have not done anything useful to minimize elephant issues and reduce damage done by monkeys,wild boar, peacock and similar animals to crops but just talk nonsense.What should happen is allow people to rear certain wild animals for meat purpose. For example Wild Boar. Then these guys also should comeup with a plan to minimize wild animals that are destroying crops. For example move any captured animal or animals to designated large areas for wild life.

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Down the prices Friday, 30 September 2022 10:30 AM

Encroachment into forest, is damaging the forest and then means Sri Lanka going backwards on it's so called commitment to Paris Agreement. All of it was always a sham, as villagers when they clear forest land directly cause effect for climate change. Removing all import restrictions and letting importers use any means such as Undial and Hawala is the way forward. Central bank really messing our economy up, and industries, and now the wild life too.

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